Crime & Safety

Suffolk Man Fatally Shot In Argument; 1 Arrest: Police

Friends took him to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead, Suffolk police said.

EAST PATCHOGUE, NY — A Bellport man was fatally shot in an argument in East Patchogue on Friday night, Suffolk police said.

Ines Reyes and Brent Henry, 59, of Riverhead, were fighting when Henry shot Reyes in front of a home on Amsterdam Avenue, police said, adding that officers responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired at around 6:30 p.m.

Reyes, 23, of Bellport, was taken by friends to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead, police said.

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Following an investigation by Homicide Squad detectives, Henry charged with second-degree murder. He will be held overnight and will be arraigned on Sunday at First District Court in Central Islip.

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